Foden boosts City’s hopes of winning the championship

In their quest for a historic fourth consecutive Premier League championship, Manchester City recorded yet another significant victory on Thursday, hammering Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0, with two goals from Phil Foden, who is continuing his career-best scoring season.

Between goals from Julian Alvarez and Kevin De Bruyne in the first half, Foden’s double helped City close the deficit on leaders Arsenal to just one point and extend their league undefeated streak to eighteen games. Liverpool’s championship hopes were harmed by a 0-2 setback against Everton on Wednesday, and they are now two points farther down in third place.

With five games left, City has one more than Arsenal and Liverpool combined. Based on their current performance, they don’t seem to be faltering in the last stretch, which still includes home games against Wolverhampton and West Ham in addition to journeys to Nottingham Forest, Fulham, and Tottenham.

If City wins each of those five games, they will repeat as champions. In the annals of English football, no team has ever won four straight Premier league championships.